2019 World Series of Poker Europe
There were 766 entries collected over the three different starting days, creating a total prize pool of €873,240. The winner will walk away with €167,056 and the coveted gold WSOP bracelet. In total, 115 players will be in the money for at least €1,793. And the top five finishers will also get a WSOPE Main Event Ticket worth €10,350 each which is part of the prize pool.
This is what they are all playing for:
| Place | Prize (EUR) | Prize (USD) | Place | Prize (EUR) | Prize (USD) | Place | Prize (EUR) | Prize (USD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | € 167,056* | $184,218 | 9-10 | € 11,850 | $13,067 | 41-48 | € 2,956 | $3,260 | ||
| 2 | € 103,216* | $113,819 | 11-12 | € 9,248 | $10,198 | 49-56 | € 2,596 | $2,863 | ||
| 3 | € 72,474* | $79,919 | 13-14 | € 7,335 | $8,089 | 57-64 | € 2,322 | $2,561 | ||
| 4 | € 51,628* | $56,932 | 15-16 | € 5,913 | $6,520 | 65-72 | € 2,115 | $2,332 | ||
| 5 | € 37,321* | $41,155 | 17-24 | € 4,846 | $5,344 | 73-80 | € 1,964 | $2,166 | ||
| 6 | € 27,382 | $30,195 | 25-32 | € 4,039 | $4,454 | 81-96 | € 1,858 | $2,049 | ||
| 7 | € 20,396 | $22,491 | 33-40 | € 3,425 | $3,777 | 97-115 | € 1,793 | $1,977 | ||
| 8 | € 15,426 | $17,011 |
* plus the WSOPE Main Event Ticket worth €10,350
James Romero opened under the gun to 20,000, with around 70,000 chips left and Diana Volcovschi took a few seconds to reshove. The rest of the players folded to create the following showdown:
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Romero found no miracle on a the ![]()
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and made his way to the exit.
Rainer Heneka shoved from the middle position for 28,000 and was called by Marius Gicovanu in the small blind.
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for Heneka to hold with the higher kicker to stay alive.
Tarun Goyal was all-in from the early position and called by Bahadir Hatipoglu in the cutoff.
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Bahadir Hatipoglu: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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for Hatipoglu to river a flush to send Goyal out of the tournament.
David Taborsky raised to 18,000 under the gun and it folded to Luigi Macaluso who called in the big blind position.
Macaluso announced a check in the dark before the flop fell ![]()
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and check-called Taborsky's continuation for 20,000.
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turn, Macaluso check-called again for 28,000. Both checked on the
river and Macaluso revealed ![]()
for two pair while Taborsky mucked his hand.
Allen Kessler was all-in for 160,000 from the big blind and heads-up against Luigi Macaluso in the middle position after David Taborsky had apparently folded queens in the hijack.
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The board ran out ![]()
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for Kessler to hold with the higher pocket pair to double up.
Martin Toth raised to 13,000 in the cutoff and Ismael Bojang three-bet to 44,000 in the big blind. Toth called.
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and Bojang check-called a bet worth 55,000 from Toth. The
turn went check-check.
The river brought the
and after another check from Bojang, Toth moved all in for 220,000. Bojang tanked for a few minutes and mucked his hand.